Tradition" is the opening number for the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. In the song, the main character, Tevye, explains the roles of each social class in. Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book of the Jews in the Russian shtetl of Anatevka in , where their lives are as precarious as the perch of a fiddler on a roof ("Tradition"). Prologue: Tradition lyrics by Fiddler On The Roof - lyrics explanations and song meanings. A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no? But in our little village of.

Alisa Solomon on the enduring appeal of “Fiddler on the Roof,” whose fifth Broadway revival opens this year. "Fiddler on the Roof" showcases challenges, transformations and Jewish traditions. 28 Apr The haunting opening to producer-director Norman Jewison's production of Fiddler On.